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Judge Fadi Sawan arrests Head of Customs Badri Daher in the Beirut port blast probe

Date: 
Monday, August 17, 2020

Judical Investigator into the Beirut blast Judge Fadi Sawwan Monday arrested the head of Customs Badri Daher for his role in the deadly Aug. 4 explosion at Beirut Port that killed over 180 people.

The state-run National News Agency reported that Sawwan arrested Daher after questioning him for four and half hours in the presence of his lawyers, Munif Hamdan and George Khouri.

Acting Bodies: 
Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…)
Type: 
Judicial Decisions
Categories: 
Security
Impact: 
National
Status: 
Other / NA
Civil Society Response: 
Not applicable